Fire-escape.



A. ALTSTADTEB.. FIRE EBOAPIL Arruculon Hmm Jun ze, leon.

91 6,247 Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

ALBERT A LTSTADTER, OF HUNTINGTON, IN DIANA.

FIRE-ESCAPE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application llled June 25, 1908. Serial No. 440,325.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT ALTsTAD'rER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Fire-Escape, of which thefollowing is a specification.

`he invention relates to improvements in tire escapes.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofiire escapes, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and ellicient reescape, adapted in a room or a artment when not in use and capable ofbeing quickly arranged for use and of being easily controlled and oerated for enabling a person to lower himse f safely to the ground asslowly or rapidly as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lire escape havingexceedingly simple controlling means devoid of brakes or locking devicesliable to get out of order, or requiring skill for their manipulation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed ,out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that va-v rious changes in theform, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within thescope of the claims, may be resorted to without departin from the spiritor sacrificing an of the a vantages of the invention.

n the drawing Figure 1 is a erspective view of a fire escape,constructed) in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an elevationof the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

The re escape comprises in its construction a pair of ropes or cables 1and a substantially triangular frame 2, constructed of steel or othersuitable material, and composed of a horizontal bottom rod or portion 3and upwardly conver ing inclined sides 4. The frame is provide at thetop or a ex with a top guiding eye 5 through which oth of the ropes orcables pass, and the sides are equipped with upper, lower andintermediate eyes 6, 7 and 8. The frame is preferably formed of a pieceof rod metal, united at its ends and coiled or twisted at the top orapex of the frame to form an enlarged guiding eye. The rod is alsocoiled or bent to form the upper, lower to be compactly storedy l andintermediate eyes, and all of the said eyes are arranged exteriorly ofthe frame.

rThe ropes or cables are rove through the eyes of the sides, each siderope or cable extending dov` nward from the top guiding eye to thebottom guiding eye 7 and then passing upward longitudinally of the sideto the upper guiding eye 6, and then donne ard to the bottom guidingeye. The lacing of the ropes or cables through the eyes createssullcient friction to enable the descent of the device to be easily andconveniently controlled by gras in the ropes and the sides of the frame.y oosening the grip the person using the lire escape may descent asrapidly as desired. A slight tightening of the grip on the ropes orcables and the frame will check the downward movement of the device.

The lower rod or member 3 of the frame constitutes the seat, and thedevice is equipped at a point between its top and bottom with a backband or support J of webbing, or other suitable material permanentlysecured at its end l0 to one side of the l1 rame and equipped at itsother end with a snap hook 1l for engaging the other side of the frame.The end 10 of the webbing is preferably doubled to form a loop or eye toreceive the adjacent side of the frame, and the snap hook detachablyengages the opposite side of the frame. Any other suitable means, however, may be employed for connecting the back band or support to thesides of the frame. The back band or support is adapted to extend arounda person sitting on the lower bar or member 3 of the triangular frame,and it will enable the lire escape to be used with erfect safety. Theintermediate eyes S of t 1e inclined sides of the Aframe are locatedbelow the ends of the back band or support to prevent the same fromslipping downward on the sides of the frame.

The ro es or cables depend from the bottom of t e frame to the ground,and thc descent of the frame may b'e controlled from the ground byholding one or both of thc ropes more or less tight. The upper ends ofthe ropes or cables are designed to be suitably anchored, and a personmay easily lower himself from a window, or other elevated point withperfect safety.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A lire escape including a pair of ropes or uuoles, nud u framecomposed oi spueed sides und e. connecting )ortion forming u seat, seidsides heing provi ed with guiding ineens und the ropes heilig spacedupairt und rove through thix guiding means.

L. A tiro eeen ie including u l'iunie having spared sides :ind :Lronneoting portion forniing :l sont. suid sides being provided withspaced guiding ineens, n hurl; hund or support ronneeted with the sidesabove the sezit, und ropes or oztbles spaced apart :ind rove through theguiding moons of the sides.

l. A ire eseu )e including u treme having spared sides und provided withn connecting hottoni portion forming n. seut, said frame being provided:it the top with :i guide und having spaced guides ait t ie seid sides,und a pair of ropes or oubles passing through the top guide und spaced:ipurt below the sume, the upper portion being rove through the guidingineens of the sides of the freine.

i. A iire escupe ini-.hiding un upproximately triungular frame composedof inclined sides, and u eonneeting bottom portion forming n. seat, seidfi'urne being provided :it the top with :i guiding eye and havingopposite spaced guiding eyes lo cuted ndjau'ent to the terininuls of thesides of the tranne, :uid u pair or' ropes or Gables through the spacedeyes.

5. A fire escupe including an approximately triangular frame provided:it the top l with a. guiding eye and having upper, lower andintermediate eyes at the sides, e pair of l ropes o1' cables passingthrough the top guiding eye and rove through the upper and lower eyes ofthe sides of the frame, und :i beck bend or support connected with thesides of the frame above the intermediate eyes.

6. A I'ire escape including an approximately triangular frame consistingof e. rod bent to form en enlarged top guiding eye at the apex of thefreine und coiled et opposite sides to form eXteriorly zii-ranged eyes,und a pair of ro )es or cables both of which extend through t e topguiding eye, seid ropes or cables being spaced apart below the upperguiding eye and rove through the other eyes.

In testimony, that l claim the foregoing es my own, l have heretoefiixed my signeture in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBE RT ALTSTADTE R r passing through the top guiding eye and rove lvWitnesses:

EDGAR E. KELsEY, J. B. KENNER.

